Chapter 63 - The Godly Heart and The Divine Sword (1/2)

Just right after Xin Huo finished his sentence, the little Xiang Dragon beside Zhong Yue dashed out rapidly in pursuit of the flesh war chariot; in a trice, it transformed to the Sword Qi and slashed right at its target.

Within a breath's time, the Sword Qi slashed the flesh war chariot that was over thirty feet long into parts. The legs that were supporting it were then sent flying where they lay scattered across the ground.

Blood gushed out from the war chariot door as if the flesh war chariot were spurting out blood from a grievous wound. In its final moments, its huge pair of eyes behind the window stared menacingly at Zhong Yue before they rolled back, revealing its white sclera before dying.

Zhong Yue gasped for breath. He was speechless at the fact that the flesh war chariot was once alive.

Thankfully I've destroyed it, or otherwise, if it had transported another batch of corpse demons, then I would be the one lying dead on the ground.

Zhong Yue hobbled on his feet and stood up. His body was littered with wounds, and remnants of the battle where he had fought the fifteen corpse demons. If it were ordinary humans, the blood loss from the injuries would have been fatal, but it was Zhong Yue. His physique more resilient than most others and he was able to control its function to a far higher degree as well. Bodily systems typically controlled autonomically such as blood flow and healing were open for him to manipulate as he willed.

Hence, although his wounds may look very severe, his life was not at stake.

It'll be nice if I have the Spiritual Jade Paste with me right now. It is such a good remedy for wounds, in addition to my strong physique and psyche, I'll be able to recover in a day or two. Without it, I'll need at least seven or eight days, and that is assuming that I don't make any excessive movements that would cause the wounds to reopen.

Zhong Yue exhaled a deep breath of air, the corpse demons and flesh war chariot he had just encountered would most probably be the weakest in the whole forbidden land. That said, he wouldn't be as powerless as a rabbit when he would eventually face the stronger ones.

The flesh wall around writhed and dragged the dead corpse demons within itself. Even the blood on the ground was absorbed away. The flesh walls also seemingly devoured the war chariot, and soon, all traces of the battle had disappeared before Zhong Yue's eyes.

It only took a few seconds for all the marks and traces of the battle to disappear, the only thing that remained was Zhong Yue's memory what just went through.

If I die here, I suppose my blood and flesh would also be eaten away by the peculiar flesh walls? Even with the impressively strong auras of our previous headmasters of Swords Gate, their flesh was still devoured, how can I possibly not end up worse if I die right here?

Zhong Yue recollected his thoughts, he forcefully suppressed his wounds and strode forward. Not long later, he was dumbfounded; a junction that split off into five different paths appeared in front of him!

"Xin Huo, which way?"

Behind Zhong Yue stood the Sui Sovereign with the weathered lamp; he was massive, measuring over hundreds of feet tall, holding the lamp out 20 feet in front of Zhong Yue. Xin Huo's voice came out of the lamp, "The tunnels on the four sides must be the bypaths; but this tunnel… it is wider than the others; it must be the central pathway. Just like the blood veins, the central vessels are bifurcated into the smaller vessels; so to enter the heart ventricle, we would have to follow the path of the central blood vessel… this tunnel is where we will go!"

Zhong Yue was hesitant, "No! Xin Huo, our goal is to walk out of here alive, there is a weak spot, crack in the seal a hundred miles away from here; if we follow down this path, aren't we just walking deeper into the seal core and further away from the seal crack?"

Xin Huo laughed and answered, "You know nothing at all. The heart chamber is the center of a body, and so is this forbidden place. The blood vein on your hand can never transfer blood directly to your leg. Only the central heart chamber is the nexus that can transport blood anywhere within the body. Only by going to the heart chamber can you find a route to where the seal was cracked."

"You aren't trying to fool me, are you?"

"Nope, definitely not!"

The eyes of the little flame in the lamp glimmered, he yelled emphatically, "I definitely have no interest in taking a look at the seal core, nor do I want to know what is in the middle of Devil Soul Forbidden Land! Brat Yue, you must have faith in me!"

Zhong Yue smiled, even if the little flame insisted that he had no ulterior motives, his heart was undoubtedly misaligned with his words. However, Zhong Yue understood that the logic Xin Huo presented was not wrong.

Xin Huo might be all flubdub and gulf about this tunnel being the central vein, but it is unequivocal that the blood veins on the tunnel's walls are getting thicker.

Zhong Yue carefully inspected the blood veins, observing its patterns. He walked into the central tunnel and thought in his heart, Following along these blood veins will lead me to the center of the forbidden land, and from there, I will be able to find the quickest and shortest path to the crack in the seal!

He walked down the tunnel, and the deathly silence that hung over air quickly disappeared. Zhong Yue could suddenly feel the same tremors on the flesh walls that he felt when the war chariot was moving toward him. He immediately crouched down and placed his palm on the ground, with his eyes closed, he focused his senses and reached out to locate the flesh war chariot.

If I face them head-on, it is impossible for me to win against all 16 corpse demons in my current wounded state. My only path to survival is to kill it in one all-out strike!

He opened his eyes moments later, The flesh war chariot is about two corners away, around 1420 feet. Usually, I wouldn't be able to break through the sound barrier, but in the Xiang Dragon form, I can accelerate to a distance of 1000 feet. The remaining 420 feet can be used to bring the speed of my sword to twice the speed of sound! The flesh war chariot is over 300 feet long and is carrying 16 corpse demons. I will have to kill all 16 of them in almost instantly right at the moment we collide!

After a round of mental calculation, his psyche materialized a pike that struck onto the Beast God Inner Core to stimulate it. Immediately, a burst of immense beast god essence gushed out and engulfed his psyche ocean, flooding every corner of his body with energy!

With such an abundant amount of beast god essence flooding him, gentle popping sounds rang out as dragon scales emerged from beneath his skin, his coccyx ached and a long dragon tail soon formed!

Within a breath's time, he was fully engulfed by the beast god essence and turned into a three-feet-long Xiang Dragon. His current form was longer and larger than his first transformation!

His muscles resonated with boundless strength, and the wounds on his body were covered with the dragon scales. The burden on his psyche was thus lifted as it didn't have to work on suppressing his injuries anymore.

Zhong Yue crouched down as his hind legs loaded potential energy like a compressed spring. His heart fell into an unprecedented state of calm.